Song Xia doesn't plan to do her neighbor's business yet, and she didn't make enough skewers today. She'll have to sell more tomorrow, so she's taking some out as a way to let everyone have a taste.
"How could we possibly accept this?" Actually, everyone had already eaten dinner and could tell that the beef skewers were fresh and probably not cheap. They were all people who came to the city to make a living, and it was really hard to ask them to spend their own money to buy them.
"Since you're my neighbor, consider this a taste test to see if there's anything I can improve," Song Xia said with a constant smile, which made everyone feel even better about her.
"It smells so good, business must be booming."
"Where are you planning to set up your stall? This is the time when everyone comes out looking for food."
While grilling, Song Xia chatted with everyone: "Wenwen has no one to take care of her at night, so I plan to set up a stall in the university town during the day."
"Although the barbecue business is not as good during the day as it is at night, there are many college students in the university town, so it should be pretty good."
"As long as I can earn some living expenses, I'll have some." Song Xia was grilling some beef skewers and starch sausages. The beef skewers were very generous. Except for one aunt who grabbed several skewers, everyone else only took one or two skewers as a token gesture.
The older sister who had always helped Song Xia was unhappy: "Hey, Aunt Zhang, you're taking a bit too much. How can you be so shameless? I never see you helping out, but you're quick to take advantage of others."
"What's it to you? This is what Xiao Song did willingly. Can't I take it back for my grandson to eat?" As she spoke, she shamelessly said to Song Xia, "Can you also grill a chicken leg? My grandson loves to eat this."
Song Xia looked up at her: "Ten yuan each."
"What? Ten yuan? Are you robbing me! Weren't we just letting everyone sample the food?"
The woman laughed: "The samples were offered on their own initiative. You ordered them separately, so of course you have to pay."
"So stingy, no wonder she doesn't have a man to love her." The middle-aged woman pursed her lips, and then, seemingly afraid of being scolded, quickly went upstairs.
"What kind of person is she?" Song Xia wasn't angry, but her older sister was amused by her anger. "Sister Song, don't be angry. It's not worth getting angry with someone like that. Just ignore her from now on."
"Hmm, sis, you should try it. You're the only one who hasn't tasted it yet."
"Hey!" The eldest sister beamed with joy, then took a bite and was immediately stunned, her eyes widening in amazement. She didn't even want to speak, and simply gave Song Xia a thumbs up.
Song Xia's barbecue received unanimous praise. Seeing that they were all enjoying their food, Jiang Hui and Jiang Chuande couldn't sit still any longer, but they didn't dare to reach out and take some. Only after most of the people had left did Song Xia give each of them a skewer of grilled sausage.
"No beef?"
"No, give it to me if you don't want it."
After enjoying the aroma for so long, how could the two of them bear to part with it? To be honest, this starch sausage alone tastes better than others; it really has some skill. However, there's only one, not enough to fill a tooth gap.
After the two finished eating and started peeking around, Song Xia carried all the ingredients into the room where she and Wenwen were staying.
That night, Jiang Hui tried to sneak in, but Song Xia kicked him with a cold laugh, so he obediently went to sleep with his father.
Early in the morning, Song Xia rode her tricycle to take Wenwen to school. Since she had used up some meat skewers yesterday, and thinking that there wouldn't be many college students out looking for food at this time, she went to the market to buy some more and then rode her tricycle to the university town to skewer them on the spot.
"Oh, you don't even work at noon here, but you're here at nine o'clock!" The boss from yesterday saw Song Xia and immediately stepped forward to mock her, "Get lost, I don't allow stalls here."
Song Xia continued skewering the meat, saying, "I didn't set up my stall in front of your shop."
"You..." The boss was furious. In the blink of an eye, he came up with another bad idea and ordered his men to sweep the ground outside the shop vigorously with brooms.
Fortunately, Song Xia was prepared and pulled out a plastic sheet from underneath to cover the entire tricycle.
"Fine, I don't believe you do business this way."
Song Xia certainly wouldn't get that close. After the meat skewers were almost done, she pushed the tricycle for about four or five meters. By then, some college students had come out looking for food. Song Xia took out two skewers of sausage, some beef skewers, and a chicken leg to grill. These were all for tasting.
Two male college students walked by in the distance: "It smells so good!"
"It looks like barbecue, but it's only morning, so it's not really appropriate to eat barbecue."
Song Xia placed the pre-cooked beef on a plate: "Today is our first day of business, so you can try it. It's okay if you don't buy anything after you finish. You two, could you please try it and give us your feedback?"
Since she was so enthusiastic, the two of them couldn't just walk past her, so they each picked up a toothpick and stuck one in their mouths.
"Boss, such a big sample! Aren't you afraid of losing money?"
"It's alright, eat up. The sausages will be ready soon. You guys can try them out and see how the saltiness and spiciness are."
"Mmm!" Another classmate who hadn't said anything had already put the food in his mouth. He immediately opened his mouth wide in amazement and made two more loud "Mmm" sounds.
"Is it really that amazing?" The student smiled, actually impatient to try it, after all, the smell was just too tempting.
"tasty!"
"It's amazing, absolutely amazing! I swear, this is the best roast beef I've ever eaten."
Song Xia cut the sausage into pieces and placed them on the plate: "Try this one too."
The chicken legs took a little longer to roast, but the aroma wafted out, and the two of them stared at them intently, as if they had never eaten anything delicious before.
Gradually, the aroma of Song Xia's grilled skewers and the starving expressions of the two attracted several college students who were out shopping. The chicken legs were just cooked, and each person could get a small piece.
"Wow!"
"How can it be so delicious!"
"Boss, how much?"
"Yes, yes, boss, how much are these?" The two male college students who were at the beginning finally came to their senses. They were so delicious. What's wrong with eating something a little oily in the morning? It's not like we eat like this every day.
Song Xia took out the price list: "Beef skewers are five yuan a skewer, starch sausage is three yuan a skewer, chicken legs are eight yuan, and chicken wings are seven yuan. Although they are a bit expensive, the beef, chicken legs, and chicken wings are all freshly marinated, not frozen."
"Not expensive, not expensive at all. These skewers are so big, they're not expensive at all." She was a little hesitant at first, but when she saw the two male classmates say this, and then looked at the skewers that Song Xia had laid out, she nodded to herself. The ingredients were fresh, and the portions were generous, so it was indeed not expensive.
"I want a chicken leg, a chicken wing, two skewers of starch sausage, ten... no, twenty skewers of beef."
"I'm the same as him."
These two male students ordered first, and they ordered quite a lot; the total for just the two of them was over two hundred yuan.
The remaining customers, although they didn't order as much as the two of them, still made a total of two hundred yuan. When the barbecue shop owner saw that Song Xia had sold so much in one go, his face became even uglier. He knew that he usually couldn't sell that much in a whole noon, especially since his shop was so big.
"The following ones might be a little slow, please wait a moment."
"It's alright, boss, no rush."
The more skewers grilled, the stronger the aroma became, and the remaining people were reluctant to leave, their mouths watering.
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